What does t-butyl mean?
1 Answer
Jun 11, 2016
It's short for tert-butyl.
"But-" means 4, and "tert-" means tertiary (containing three
Therefore, the tert-butyl group looks like this:
The (1) is anything other than a carbon, since "but-", again, implies 4 carbons.
So, you might have, for example:
- tert-butanol, in which (1) is
#"OH"# . - tert-butoxide, in which (1) is
#"O"^(-)# .
As a tip, it is convenient to remember the reaction of potassium tert-butoxide dissolved in tert-butanol, on high heat. That is an easy way to perform an
Just write:
#stackrel(t-"BuOK"" ")stackrel(t-"BuOH"" ")(->)#
#" "" """^(Delta)#